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No one's fingerprints are exactly the same as anyone else's.

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Virginia Satir
Age: 72 †
Born: 1916
Born: June 26
Died: 1988
Died: September 10
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Psychotherapist
Social And Health Care Assistant
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Writer
Virginia M. Satir
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A growing body of clinical observation has pointed to the conclusion that the family therapy must be oriented to the family as a whole.
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The symbol in Chinese for crisis is made up of two ideographs: one means danger, the other means opportunity. This symbol is a reminder that we can choose to turn a crisis into an opportunity or into a negative experience.
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We can learn something new anytime we believe we can.
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I want you to get excited about who you are, what you are, what you have, and what can still be for you. I want to inspire you to see that you can go far beyond where you are right now.
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It's sad that children cannot know their parents when they were younger when they were loving, courting, and being nice to one another. By the time children are old enough to observe, the romance has all too often faded or gone underground.
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I am me and I am okay.
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People prefer the certainty of misery to the misery of uncertainty
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I know people can change-right down to my bones, through every cell, in every fiber of my body-I now that people can change. It is just a question of when and in what context.
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Adolescents are not monsters. They are just people trying to learn how to make it among the adults in the world, who are probably not so sure themselves.
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Life is not what it's supposed to be. It's what it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference.
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I believe the greatest gift I can conceive of having from anyone is to be seen by them, heard by them, to be understood and touched by them.
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So much is asked of parents, and so little is given.
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As a therapist, I am a companion. I try to help people tune into their own wisdom.
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Parents teach in the toughest school in the world - The School for Making People. You are the board of education, the principal, the classroom teacher, and the janitor.
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Why Family Therapy...because it deals with family pain.
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You have learned what you have learned very well. It has helped you survive.
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Your responses to the events of life are more important than the events themselves.
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I think if I have one message, one thing before I die that most of the world would know, it would be that the event does not determine how to respond to the event. That is a purely personal matter. The way in which we respond will direct and influence the event more than the event itself.
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The recommended daily requirement for hugs is: four per day for survival, eight per day for maintenance, and twelve per day for growth.
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